Events

The Vicky David Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of the Belgian artist Arne Quinze.

The gallery will present pieces from the series "My Home, My House, My Stilthouse" which plays on the dichotomy between chaos and equilibrium. From the appearant fragility of his material emerges overflowing energy and pure beauty.  Arne Quinze dreams of an ideal society in which all individuals communicate and interact with each other. Eclectically he uses paintings, drawings, sculptures and monumental installations to develop his work in the urban movement, by focusing on the themes: Order, Disorder, Structure and Habitation.

Beginning in the early 2000’s, Arne Quinze’s œuvre is the subject of many public and private installations around the world such as ("Uchronia", Nevada, USA; "Timegate", Miami, USA; "Rebirth", Paris, FRANCE; "Red Beacon", Shanghai, CHINA; "Camille", Rouen, FRANCE; "The Sequence", Brussels, BELGIUM; "The Traveller", Munich, GERMANY ; "The Visitor", Beirut, LEBANON).

Arne Q

Edith Piaf Alive and Living in New York

Introducing Floanne

Written by Floanne Ankah & Alice Jankell

Directed by Alice Jankell

Piano: Audrey Saint-Gil, Accordion: Kate Dunphy

Guitar: Marcel Van Dam, Percussion: Alby Roblejo

Saturday, Jan 21/Feb 18/Mar 17 at 9:30

Thursday, April 19/May 17/Jun 21 at 9:30

The Metropolitan Room

34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010 Tickets $20.00, 2 drinks minimum (212) 206-0440, www.metropolitanroom.com

www.floanne.com

French actress and singer Floanne Ankah recounts the Piaf story. This authentic ‘chanteuse’ and farm girl opens the door to her culture, by taking a closer look at the legendary ‘Little Sparrow’ —with that husky, mournful voice so popular in the 1940’ and 50’s. The performance is a culturally rich and moving presenta- tion that will make you smile, with tunes transporting you to other times and places.

Yes, both Floanne and Edith Piaf will be attending the rendez-vous in a medley of vintage tunes from their native France... with a modern twist. She w

This February, Fashion at FIAF extends into the Gallery with a witty collection of colorful fashion drawings and paintings by Jean-Phillipe Delhomme, one of the most delightful satirists in fashion today.

Delhomme is a painter, writer, cultural blogger, and fashion illustrator, whose illustrations have been featured in renowned magazines such as Vogue, W, Vanity Fair, GQ, and The New Yorker. In this exhibition, he explores how fashion, contemporary art, and design interact with each other and influence today’s popular culture.

Free and open
to the public

Gallery Hours
Tue–Fri: 11am–6pm
Sat: 11am–5pm

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

Tickets are available online for each participating venue at www.filmlinc.com, www.ifccenter.com andwww.BAM.org/BAMcinematek respectively, as well as directly from the box offices. For more information, call The Film Society at (212) 875-5601, the IFC Center at (212) 924-7771, or BAM at (718) 636-4100 x2 or please visit: www.rendezvouswithfrenchcinema.com. Tickets for Opening Night are available online at www.filmlinc.com and at Alice Tully Hall Box Office, 1941 Broadway (on 65th St between Broadway and Amsterdam).

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy (www.frenchculture.org)

INTERNATIONALIST CINEMA FOR TODAY

Curated by Nicole Brenez.

This series pays tribute to a handful of still-undervalued internationalist filmmakers whose courage and generosity saved the honor of cinema in times of colonialism and the struggles for independence. It is also meant to honor some of the cinema’s present-day combatants who are renewing these ideals in different political contexts.
–Nicole Brenez

Nicole Brenez will be present for selected screenings during the opening weekend.

Presented with generous support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Upcoming Screenings

• GLEYZER/DE LA BASE PGM
• Internationalist Visual Analysis PGM
• René Vautier PGM
• Yolande du Luart ANGELA: PORTRAIT OF A REVOLUTIONARY
• Margaret Dickinson BEHIND THE LINES
• Sarah Maldoror SAMBIZANGA
• THE HOUR OF THE GENERALS
• WADDINGTON PGM
• Edouard Beau SEARCHING FOR HASSAN
• Marcie/Dury PGM
• Florent Marcie ITCHKÉRI KENTI
• Mauro Andrizzi IRAQI SHORT FILMS
• Anders Oestergaard BURMA VJ
• Marylène Negro X+
• Anne-Laure de F

Le Petit Cirque [The Small Circus] is a complex sound object object made of wood, plastic, strings, springs and fragility. A mere breath can set it vibrating. Twelve small microphones draw resources from its interior. Le Petit Cirque is a circus. Its handling is perilous, the danger of falling ever-present. In the same way that theater can be musical, Le Petit Cirque is a “circus of sound.“ It is also a theater of objects. Le Petit Cirque is made from odds and ends, salvaged material and cheap gadgets, but never relies on anecdote. Sound emerges frommise en scène. Action nourishes sound and sound gives new meaning to action. Improvisation and the chance of mechanics. This theater of sound objects explores two distinct and interacting concepts. The first is how stereotypical circus imagery alters one’s perception of the performance’s musical aspect. The second, and more abstract, is how sound allows the spectator to see these theatrical situations from a different perspective. The rando

17 GIRLS (17 FILLES)
Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, 2011, France, 90 min.

Based on a headline-grabbing incident in the U.S., sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin’s provocative debut feature follows the fallout in a sleepy French coastal town when a group of teenage girls all decide to become pregnant at the same time. A Strand Releasing film. 

*In person: Delphine and Muriel Coulin

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA

THE INTOUCHABLES (INTOUCHABLES)
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, 2011, France; 112m

A phenomenon in France, where it shattered box-office records to become the second most successful film of all time, The Intouchables tells the true story of the unlikely friendship between a handicapped white millionaire (François Cluzet) and his unconventional Senegalese caretaker (breakout star Omar Sy). A Weinstein Company release.

*In person: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache and François Cluzet

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

ZARAFA
Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie, 2011, France; 78m

In this beautiful hand-drawn animation, 10-year-old Maki and the orphaned giraffe, Zarafa, go on an epic adventure from the Sudan, where Maki escapes from slave traders, to Alexandria, Marseille and Paris. Ages 7+. In French with English subtitles.

Other date:

Sun., March 11, 10am – EBM

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

Admission: $10

SERIES: RENDEZ-VOUS

PATER
Alain Cavalier, 2011, France, 105 min.

France’s most unpredictable filmmaker, Alain Cavalier, teams up with actor Vincent Lindon for a witty, semi-improvised look at men, power and politics, starring Cavalier himself as a fictional French President and Lindon as his newly appointed Prime Minister.

*In person: Vincent Lindon

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

FREE MEN (LES HOMMES LIBRES)
Ismael Ferroukhi, 2011, France, 99 min.

During the German Occupation of France, an Algerian black marketeer (A PROPHET star Tahar Rahim) is coerced into spying on the denizens of the Paris Grand Mosque, whereupon he discovers a clandestine operation to provide North African Jews with fake Muslim IDs. A Film Movement release.

*In person: Ismael Ferroukhi and Tahar Rahim.

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

SCREENING & LIVE EVENT 
News from Home with Chantal Akerman

US PREMIERE - NYICFF 2012 opens with a classic misunderstood-monster tale, a warm-hearted musical about the power of song featuring Django Reinhardt-style gypsy guitar and honey-toned vocals courtesy of Sean Lennon. Paris, 1910. The streets of the city are flooded. A mist-enshrouded Eiffel Tower looms over a temporary lake and the alleyways sport makeshift bridges so Parisians can go about their daily routines. But spirits are high for the citizens of this romantic city, including those of Emile, a lovelorn film projectionist, and his inventor friend Raoul, whose enthusiasm for breaking rules places him and Emile at the center of some unintentional mischief after they sneak into a scientist’s laboratory greenhouse and unwittingly let loose a monster onto the soggy streets of Paris.

Yet this terrible monster turns out to have a sad and s

FAREWELL, MY QUEEN (LES ADIEUX À LA REINE)
Benoit Jacquot, 2012, France, 97 min.

A brilliant snapshot of the final days of Marie Antoinette, starring a terrific Diane Kruger as the ill-fated Queen and rising star Léa Seydoux (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS) as her quietly ambitious lady-in-waiting. This was the Opening Night Film, 2012 Berlin Film Festival.

*In person: Benoit Jacquot

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

THE SCREEN ILLUSION (L’ILLUSION COMIQUE)
Mathieu Amalric, 2011, France, 77 min.

Commissioned by La Comédie-Française, actor-director Mathieu Amalric’s wildly inventive update of Corneille’s popular 17th century tragicomedy follows a hotel concierge on the trail of a missing young man who seems to have left many a young female heart aflutter.

*In person: Mathieu Amalric

Other dates:

*Sun., March 4, 9pm – BAM;

*Mon., March 5, 8pm – IFC;

*Tues., March 6, 4pm - WRT

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11.